Every year Aspen Elementary holds a Fly Away ceremony to honor students who went the extra mile during the school year and to celebrate the fifth grade students who are moving on to middle school. The students received a wide range of awards, including outstanding attendance recognition, ACE participant awards, student council member recognition, and recognition of fifth-grade graduates.
It was quite a social scene outside of Aspen Elementary as parents and families picked up their children on the last day of school on June 6.
Congratulations to the Beautification Team that created the beautiful SOAR mural by the cafeteria at Aspen Elementary. Staff members Ms. Medbery and Ms. Foley worked with the fifth grade students on the project.
Nora friends were the central focus of yesterday’s assembly at Aspen Elementary. The event was a culmination of activities throughout the year in which students got to build friendships with Nora friends. In a video, students expressed how much they learned through their friendships and how they came to understand that our differences make us special and connect us in a special way. Since its founding in 2016, The Nora Project, a non-profit organization, has grown from six classrooms to eighty-five, with teachers challenging students to practice empathy, exercise moral courage, and recognize the fundamental truth that as human beings, we are all more alike than different.
Kindergarten classes at Aspen Elementary painted shirts with characters from Eric Carle books last Friday. Eric Carle is the acclaimed creator of brilliantly illustrated picture books for young children.
Fifth grade band and orchestra students at Aspen Elementary practiced the “Star Spangled Banner” on Monday. They are preparing for a performance during a basketball shoot off on Friday.
The Frog Lady brought many of her reptile and amphibian friends for a visit to Mrs. Szoke’s first grade class. The students met a bearded dragon, a tegu lizard, a box turtle, a tortoise, a chameleon, a corn snake and more. The children had great fun watching some of the animals eat worms. They also learned about their habits and lifestyles. The bearded dragon, the corn snake and the turtle were so friendly that students got to pet them.
Ms. Pogachnik’s fifth-grade class at Aspen Elementary had their second visit with their Nora Project friends on Thursday. The Nora Project aims to normalize difference, demystify disability and promote meaningful connections between students and their peers with disabilities.
All Aspen Elementary students received a treat today. Actors from Libertyville’s Improv Playhouse performed an adaptation of the classic tale “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” during an afternoon assembly. The actors brought the world of Narnia to life. The special event was in celebration of all the reading that Aspen students have been doing.
Elementary South and Aspen Elementary’s fourth and fifth grade band concert on Tuesday showed just how far students have come this year. They played beautifully.
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